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QCD Axion and Dark Energy

arXiv:1409.3609

Abstract

String allowed discrete symmetry is the mother of acceptable effective global symmetries at low energy. With this philosophy, we discuss dark energy, QCD axion, and inflation, and speculate some implications of the recent BICEP2 data.

5 pages, 2 figures. Talk presented at PATRAS 2014, CERN, 30 June 2014